Boston Partners Correlations

BPSCX Fund  USD 25.27  0.12  0.47%   
The current 90-days correlation between Boston Partners Small and Henderson European Focus is 0.18 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Boston Partners is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random.

Boston Partners Correlation With Market

Almost no diversification

The correlation between Boston Partners Small and DJI is 0.9 (i.e., Almost no diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Boston Partners Small and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Boston Partners Small. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in unemployment.

Moving together with Boston Mutual Fund

  0.92OPTCX Rbb FundPairCorr
  0.96WPGSX Rbb FundPairCorr
  0.98BPIRX Boston Partners LongshortPairCorr
  0.73VSIIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.78VISVX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.78DFSVX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.79DFFVX Us Targeted ValuePairCorr
  0.87UBVCX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.82UBVAX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.82UBVSX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.73VSMCX Invesco Small CapPairCorr
  0.7BRUFX Bruce Fund BrucePairCorr
  0.62SPGSX State Street PremierPairCorr
  0.75PDSCX Prudential Short DurationPairCorr
  0.68FIKVX Fidelity Asset ManagerPairCorr
  0.62NAAEX Nuveen Short TermPairCorr
  0.78HACSX Harbor Vertible SecuPairCorr
  0.71DDLDX Doubleline Low DurationPairCorr
  0.82NRAAX Neuberger Berman SociallyPairCorr
  0.8ARGAX Arbitrage FundPairCorr
  0.63PNMQX Pgim National MuniPairCorr
  0.83PDVAX Diversified IncomePairCorr
  0.86TRBPX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.73JSHNX Janus Short TermPairCorr
  0.95SIIIX Alphacentric StrategicPairCorr
  0.83CLSUX Clearbridge SustainabilityPairCorr
  0.66LSYNX Lord Abbett ShortPairCorr
  0.71FOPPX Franklin Growth OppoPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.

High positive correlations

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High negative correlations

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Boston Mutual Fund performing well and Boston Partners Mutual Fund doing well as a business compared to the competition. There are so many exceptions to the norm that investors cannot definitively determine what's good or bad unless they analyze Boston Partners' multiple risk-adjusted performance indicators across the competitive landscape. These indicators are quantitative in nature and help investors forecast volatility and risk-adjusted expected returns across various positions.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
BPSIX  0.71  0.05  0.05  0.12  0.70 
 2.25 
 4.29 
EGORX  0.73  0.12  0.11  0.22  0.64 
 1.17 
 9.62 
WFLLX  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00 
 0.00 
 0.00 
HFETX  0.53  0.10  0.06  0.86  0.48 
 1.30 
 3.49 
MIMSX  2.88 (1.55) 0.00 (0.51) 0.00 
 1.65 
 90.44 
AFVLX  0.60 (0.02)(0.03) 0.05  0.72 
 1.23 
 3.75 
PCKAX  0.94  0.10  0.04  0.47  1.06 
 1.92 
 4.73 
PSCSX  0.93  0.04  0.04  0.10  1.05 
 1.93 
 4.70 
GWEIX  0.92  0.17  0.16  0.27  0.71 
 2.18 
 9.45 
HFEIX  0.56  0.09  0.10  0.20  0.43 
 1.32 
 3.46